Concrete construction



R. A. MEGENITY.

CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION.

APPucATmN man 1AN.1e, |920.

Reissued Nov. 8, 1921. v 15V-,221.

.i "fu-Nur ySiATES PA'f-luNul". OFF-CE Y ,RALPH .L MEGENITY,` or KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI'.

' and State of attachin proved studs and wall ties; i Y

- Fig. 2 is a perspective view of -a portion of an ordinary wooden wall form to which are shown temporarily attached two of my `wal1 ties.

, CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION.

` reissue llled January 16,

To all whom t may concer/n.' i

Be it knownthat I, RALPH A. MEGENITY, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident. of Kansas .Cit in the county of Jackson Missouri, have invented an Im'- provernentI 4 in Concrete Construction, of

' which the following is a specification.

My invention relates ,to improvements'in -concrete construction.

The object of my invention is to provide novel, simple, cheap and 'efficient means for securelyattaching .to concrete walls, veneer facings and fire proofA partitions, and for veneer facings to other cementitiousbo ies, such as piers, columns, beams, posts, lintels and the like.

, y invention provides further a novel metal stud, which is durable, cheap to manufacture,which may be easily and se-v curely built in a concrete wall or then-like,4v

, and which permits of easy attachment to of wall ties at any desired height.

there- My invention provifr'le's still jfurtheir la,V novel Wall tie, which is particularly adapted for use in connection with vmy improved stud, and which may beeasily and quickly attached thereto. f

`4Other novel featuresiot my invention are hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawingwhich illus 'trates the vention. N A

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view ofA preferred embodiment of my ina portion of a concrete wall and a brick veneerfacing attached thereto with my iniimproved studs, the upper portions of twhich are broken away.

Fi`.. 3 `is a-horizontal.sectional view on the llne 3 3 yof Fig. 1. 4 i Fig. 4 is an; enlarged perspective view 0I a ortion of one of my improved studs.

ig. 5 is a plan view of a rod or wire formed to make a plurality of my improved Fig. 6 is an'enla'rgedperspective view of one of my im rovedv wallties. p *Similar 'r'e' erence characters deslgnate similarA parts in the .diierent views.

-1 deslgnates a cementitious or 'concrete 0 .tween the desired ayers are placed 1n the, dmary type.V 2`designa/tes the brick veneer; mortar or cement 3* my improved wall ties, 11o

body," such as a.V Wall',pier o1" post of the or.

.set or hardened, the mold boards 7 and 8 Speclication of Reissued Letters Patent. Reissued NOV, 19,21 i original No, 1,280,516, dated october 1, `1918,;se1ria1 No. 223,890, ined March 22, i918'. Application :or

1920. Serial No. 351,955.

right angles so 'as to form inwardly extending anchoring arms, each of which is proa. 'projection 6,

vided at its inner end with extending at right angles thereto. y

7 and 8 designate respectively opposite side boards of an ordinary wooden wall form, which may be retained in positionfor' receiving the concrete in any usual manner.

improved stud comprises preferablyv A i Prior to pouring the concrete `into the Wooden form, the studs 4 are secured in 'an upright position tov the inner sides of the board 7. For `temporarily fastening the studs in their proper positions in the form, l

each stud may be provided with a plurality of holes 9, preferably located respectively below the arms 5 in the wide portions of the stud. The holes 9 receive securing devices, vsuch as nails 10, Fig. 2, which are driven intol the board 7. v

In order that .the strain may be equally distributed, the arms 5 of one series are, preferably, disposed in staggered 'relationship to Ythe arms of the other series. By cuttingthe arms 5 from opposite longitudinal edgesof the metal strip 4, there is no- .Waste'of material. As the arms .5 are. inte-- gra'l parts of the strip, they are rlgidly` connected thereto and will,`therefore, be retained in.theirv proper horizontal position,

when the` concrete is pouredinto the mold.

After the concrete hasbeen poured into the form or mold, and has become sufli'iently are removed, leaving the upright portions 4` of the studsembedded in the .wall flush with one side surface thereof. A

It is to be noted that the stud or anchor strip illustratedv is solid as distinguished from studs which are specifically formed with a' hollow interior, opening laterally outward to receive the specially formed securing devices. cIn the described structure there. are norecesse's-which may become filled with cement to make the device linetfective.

The veneer facili 2 is then laid, and bey heit no the stud 4,

cuate hooks 12, wh ich are, preferably, of

`like size. and which are disposed kin -the same horizontal plane. Each hook 12 is'preferablyof suicient diameter to receive the widest portions of the rstud 4. The wall ties ma therefore, be attached at any desired en the facing 2 has been laid to `a height at which it is desired to bond it tothe wall 1, holes for receiving thehooks 12 are 'gouged out of they wall'l behind the studs 4,

4the' holes 'which have been gouged' in lthe and the hooks 12 are then threaded through wall so as to respectively embrace the/ differfent studs, the wall ties being laid flat-wise i upon the u permost layer of thefacing' 2, as

shownin igs. 1 and 3.

A layer of motar 3'is then placed upon the top layer of the veneer facing so'as to cover manner alread the wall ties 1l.

The laying of the veneering 2 is thencon` tinued until the veneer facing-has reached-a it tothe wall 1.- At such time, holesare gouged in the wall 1 around the studs 4 to receive the wall ties 11, and the latter are hooked to-the studs and laidin cement or mortar on the topof the veneer facinfg in the described.

'By having e hooks 12 of arcuat'eform,

a minimum ofv material need be y"goug'ed 'out of the concrete wall to enable the workman to thread the hooks around the studs.- By having'thewall ties engage the 'studs intermediate of the` anchoring arms 5`, and by having the latter "arranged in staggered relationship, the Astrain upon the studs vis cqualized and a direct pull by the wall ties -By having the hooks 12 reversely turned `and of 1ike ,size, the pull upon the wall tie is direct and equally divided, fand either end wall tie may beemployed to engage a stud. f

The wall.y ties 11 may be cheaply formed from ak single pieceof-wire or rod, by forming therein a series of portions, each having `the Shape ofu the letter Sv disposed horizontion being cut in two, as indicated horizontal dotted lines in Fig. 5.

tally, ,as shown in Fig. 5, each S-shaped por- ,by the The and the thickness of the wire or rod-use to make the wall ties may be such as shall gage and width of the metal stri 4` be required for the particular purposein' view. f

I do not limit my invention to the structure shown and described, as mod iiications rwithin the scope of thev appended claims may departing from the Vspirit tion with a cementitious body of an anchor.

stri comprising a solid strip lying along the sur aceof saidbody andllavlng anchoring y means extending into said lbody, a facing and a tie-piece extending behind the rear side of the anchor strip and between it and the cementitibus body to engage the anchor strip and to secure the facing thereto and thereby to, secure 'the facing to the cementitiousbody.

2. In concrete construction, a combination of said bodyand 4havingaanc oring lmeans i extending into said body, a facing and a tiepieceextending behind the rear side of theV with a cementitious body of a Vflat metal an# chortstrip lying exposed alon the surface Vanchor strip and between it and thecementi'- height at whichy it is desired to again bond, tious bodyA and secured to the facing.

3. In a structure of the kind described, a .'wall, a solid Hat upright stud embedded .therein at `the surface thereof-and having Vanchoring means embeddedy inthe wall, a i A v'eneer facing comprising horizontal layers,

` and afwall tie secured to the facing between ,the layers and-havinga hook .partly encircling and engaging the rear side of the stud.

4. In concrete construction, the combinatherein and a tie-'piece extending behind and around the rear' of the stud between vit and the cementitious body, and projecting 011t- Wardly from the cementitious body to affordattachment for a faein y 5. The method of -attahing a facin or other member to a cementitious body;w ich comprises supporting an anchor member upon and along one face of the form work, lfilling the formy with concrete, removing the form work thereby exposing' thesaid anchor strip along the face of the concrete, making an opening 4for a tie piece behind .the anchor strip, introducing a -tie piece into said openin and securing theffacilg to, thetie piece. n testimony whereof, lhave signed my name to this 4speciication" this 3rd day ,of January, 1920. RALPH A.' MEGENIBY. 

